Prussian Cornet, B-flat, A
Date1845-1860 ca.
Place MadePrussia, Germany, Europe
ModelPreussisches Soprankornett
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsStamped on valves casings: “7” (first valve), “8” (second valve), “9” (third valve).
DescriptionBrass, German silver, single loop, tuning slide at first bow (alternative for B-flat or A), three Berlin piston valves (1, ½, 1½), screw alignment.
This instrument closely follows the original model of the Prussian cornet, developed by Wilhelm Wieprecht and made by Johann Gottfried and Carl Wilhelm Moritz in Berlin. Of particular note are the almost entirely conical bell with very little flare and the curved leadpipe.
DimensionsHeight: 407 mm
Tube length: 1277 mm, 1391 mm
Bore diameter (initial, minimum, tuning slide, valve slide): 11.1 mm, 10.6 mm, 10.7–11.5 mm, 10.7 mm
Bell diameter: 95 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1957 at an antique store, Iowa.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), p. XIII.
-------. “The Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection: A Trumpeter’s Dream Comes True,” International Trumpet Guild Journal 34, no 4 (June 2010), p. 39.
-------. "Prussian Cornet in B-flat," International Trumpet Guild Journal (June 2017), p. 42.
-------. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 3: Valves Evolve (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2017), pp. 120-122, 134-135, 300.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number06861
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1865-1885 ca.
1900 ca.
1850-1890 ca.
